USS Get There (SP-579) was a United States Navy section patrol craft in commission from 1917 to 1919.
 Get There as a private motor yacht sometime in 1916 or 1917.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Get There |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Wood & McClure, City Island, the Bronx, New York |
| Completed | 1916 |
| Acquired |
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| Commissioned | 10 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 6 March 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owners 13 March 1919[1] |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Get There 1916-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 15 gross register tons |
| Length | 58 ft 1.5 in (17.717 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
| Speed | 28 knots |
| Complement | 8 |
| Armament |
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Get There was built as a private motor yacht of the same name in 1916 by Wood & McClure at City Island, the Bronx, New York. On 28 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owners, J. S. Bache and F. L. Richards of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her on 14 July 1917 and she was commissioned as USS Get There (SP-579) on 10 August 1917.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Get There served on section patrol and general transportation duties in New York Harbor for the remainder of World War I except for winter periods, when she was laid up in the marine basin at the New York Navy Yard.
Get There was decommissioned at New York City on 6 March 1919. The Navy returned her to her owners on 13 March 1919.[2]
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Notes edit
- ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g5/get_there.htm states a return date of 1 October 1919, which would have been a surprisingly long delay in her return to her owner after decommissioning. The 13 March 1919 return date given by the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images at https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/search.html?q=USS+Get+There and repeated at NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170579.htm appears to be a corrected return date.
- ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g5/get_there.htm states a return date of 1 October 1919, which would have been a surprisingly long delay in her return to her owner after decommissioning. The 13 March 1919 return date given by the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/sp579.htm and repeated at NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170579.htm appears to be a corrected return date.
References edit
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Get There (SP-579), 1917-1919. Originally the civilian motor boat Get There, built in 1916
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Get There (SP 579)